Leslie Pedley

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Leslie Pedley

Biology

#1948

World Rank

#3145

Historical Rank

Botany

#30

World Rank

#238

Historical Rank

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Why Is Leslie Pedley Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Leslie Pedley was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name Racosperma, creating a split in the genus, which required some 900 Australian species to be renamed, because the type species of Acacia, Acacia nilotica, now Vachellia nilotica, had a different lineage from the Australian wattles. However, the International Botanical Congress , held in Melbourne in 2011, ratified its earlier decision to retain the name Acacia for the Australian species, but to rename the African species.

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